I’ve found many of Julia Wise’s posts to be useful for pushing against “maximize ONLY EA THINGS” tendencies in my life, in particular:
Cheerfully—a post about how, even if you agree with the younger Julia’s statement that “my happiness is not the point”, you need to find a way to relate to your future as more than an obligation
yes! i’ve read some of her posts too but alas, forgot about them too (hence the need for this post i suppose). will add, thank you for your fantastic flags!
i also subscribe to those tags so i should probably add the ones that i’ve enjoyed too : )
I’ve found many of Julia Wise’s posts to be useful for pushing against “maximize ONLY EA THINGS” tendencies in my life, in particular:
Cheerfully—a post about how, even if you agree with the younger Julia’s statement that “my happiness is not the point”, you need to find a way to relate to your future as more than an obligation
You have more than one goal, and that’s fine—trying to abandon the feeling that “the harsh light of cost-effectiveness” should be turned on everything you do (a somewhat similar mood is expressed in Scott Alexander’s post Nobody is perfect, everything is commensurable but I found Julia’s post to be more closely targeted at my emotional motivations)
Burnout and self-care—lessons on sustainable, bounded generosity drawing on Julia’s time as a social worker
I would also recommend browsing the posts that have been upvoted under the effective altruism lifestyle and self-care tags.
yes! i’ve read some of her posts too but alas, forgot about them too (hence the need for this post i suppose). will add, thank you for your fantastic flags!
i also subscribe to those tags so i should probably add the ones that i’ve enjoyed too : )